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Acts 28:25

And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “of you” (ὑμῶν) after fathers here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “of us” (ἡμῶν) after fathers here.

ἀσύμφωνοιasumphōnoiwhen they agreed notἀσύμφωνος (asumphōnos)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “when they agreed not”, the subject formG800dissonant, discordant; met: at variance.when they agreed notδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ὄντεςontesto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.πρὸςprosamongπρόςpreposition — “among”G4314to, towards, with.amongἀλλήλουςallēlousthemselvesἀλλήλων (allēlōn)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “themselves”, the object formG240one another, each other.themselvesἀπελύοντοapeluontothey departedἀπολύω (apoluō)verb, imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “they departed”, an ongoing action in the pastG630I release, let go, send away, divorce, am rid; mid: I depart.they departedεἰπόντοςeipontosto sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, genitive, singular, masculine — “to say”, a single actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).had spokenτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ΠαύλουpaulouPaulΠαῦλος (paulos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Paul”, the of-formG3972Paul, Paulus.ῥῆμαrhēmawordῥῆμαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “word”, the object formG4487a thing spoken, (a) a word or saying of any kind, as command, report, promise, (b) a thing, matter, business.wordἓνhenoneεἷς (heis)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “one”, the object formG1520one.ὅτιhotithatὅτιadverb — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.ΚαλῶςkalōsWellκαλῶςadverb — “Well”G2573well, nobly, honorably, rightly.This verse uses “well”.Wellτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πνεῦμαpneumaGhostπνεῦμαnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “Ghost”, the subject formG4151wind, breath, spirit.Ghostτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἅγιονhagionholyἅγιος (hagios)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “holy”, the subject formG40set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred.This verse uses “holy”.ἐλάλησενelalēsento speakλαλέω (laleō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to speak”, a single actionG2980(I talk, chatter in classical Greek, but in NT a more dignified word) I speak, say.This verse uses “speak”.διὰdiabyδιάpreposition — “by”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.byἨσαΐουēsaiouEsaiasἨσαΐας (ēsaias)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Esaias”, the of-formG2268Isaiah, the prophet.Esaiasτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.προφήτουprophētouprophetπροφήτης (prophētēs)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “prophet”, the of-formG4396a prophet, poet; a person gifted at expositing divine truth.the prophetπρὸςprosuntoπρόςpreposition — “unto”G4314to, towards, with.untoτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πατέραςpaterasfathersπατήρ (patēr)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “fathers”, the object formG3962father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior.fathersὑμῶνhumōnyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “you”, the of-formG4771you.

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ἡμῶνhēmōnourἡμῶνpersonal pronoun, 2nd person, genitive, plural — “our”, the of-formG2257of us

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And not being agreed with one another, they were going away, Paul having spoken one word — 'Well did the Holy Spirit speak through Isaiah the prophet unto our fathers,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Spirit through Isaiah the prophet unto your fathers,

Young’s Literal Translation

And not being agreed with one another, they were going away, Paul having spoken one word — 'Well did the Holy Spirit speak through Isaiah the prophet unto our fathers,

World English Bible

When they didn’t agree among themselves, they departed after Paul had spoken one message: “The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers,

Darby Translation

And being disagreed among themselves they left; Paul having spoken one word, Well spoke the Holy Spirit through Esaias the prophet to our fathers,

Douay-Rheims

And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, Paul speaking this one word: Well did the Holy Ghost speak to our fathers by Isaias the prophet,

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